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Noronhomys vespuccii

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Noronhomys vespuccii was named by Carleton and Olson (1999). Its type specimen is MCP 3460-PV, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Santo Antonio peninsula, Fernando de Noronha, which is in a Holocene eolian sandstone in Brazil. It is the type species of Noronhomys.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Noronhomys vespuccii Carleton and Olson p. 10 figs. 4-15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
familyCricetidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
subfamilySigmodontinaeWagner 1843
genusNoronhomys
speciesvespuccii

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Noronhomys vespuccii Carleton and Olson 1999
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Diagnosis
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